Critical Thought of the Day

Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Heart of the Galaxy S3

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is an amazing electronic mobile device. It's essentially a miniaturized computer, complete with a motherboard and processor. I installed my own personal computer part by part including the motherboard, processor, graphics processing unit, power supply and three hard drives. I was recently interviewed for a tech position and realized that I had never first hand taken apart the Galaxy S3 and put it back together. I decided to dive right in.

I found that like my computer it is put together with electronic
components and ultimately I found it to be very similar (though much
smaller).

I obtained a phillips screw driver and got to
work. Each screw came out easily enough, which led to me pulling apart
the top plastic that also held the back speaker.

Internal Components

First Take of the Galaxy S3 with the Back Cover Removed

A white wire runs from the side of the phone into the motherboard enabling the 3G connection by antenna.

Motherboard of the Galaxy S3

As I took out another screw that was in the motherboard, I could see the
front and back of the board. I noticed several distinct things while
taking apart my phone. I saw ports for the cameras to be plugged in, ports for speakers, and one also for the touch pad sensor.

I immediately realized that I could easily take out any part that connects to a Samsung Galaxy S3 and replace it with a new piece if I ever needed to.

This finding almost instantly raises the ethics behind cloning. As an advocate of life itself, it seems natural to encourage the existence of it. This includes the mighty wooly mammoth. Jurassic Park highlights this argument, siding on the part of nature. We are only limited by our creativity and what we imagine we can accomplish. A wooly mammoth alive today would mark an incredible feat, and while the ethics are still debated it seems inevitable that one day we will try to accomplish that feat.

Among the different statistics mentioned, humanity uses land the size of South America for agriculture, and land the size of Africa for livestock. Another astonishing average was the fact that a large dam has been built every day for the last 130 years. The article goes on and continues with ways to help the future with a predicament that we can see coming two generations away:

This can't be ignored, and with these water scientists trying to help avoid disaster it seems all but inevitable that these suggestions will be followed. Hopefully it's not too little too late, and reform can be made that will be effective throughout the lifetime of our civilization.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Engadget.com just came out with a story titled "3D-printed tracheal splint supports baby's airways, saves life". The child essentially had no other options, and researchers came up with this 3D printed solution. The splint that was produced by a 3D printer will help support his trachea until it eventually is absorbed by the body, "In two to three years, the trachea will be able to stand on its own...". The technology for 3D printing is only limited by our creativity to use it. It will be very interesting to see how the future unfolds as 3D printing starts to gain momentum and viability.

3D printing is an amazing feat, and personally I can't wait to see more. What kind of things would you make with a 3D printer?

The insects inside literally turn into a soup, being placed in other locations and organs are reorganized throughout the cocoon. They also cited that this could even be used to help fight crime; as larvae from blowflies come so predictably to decaying corpses that they could log the time of death by seeing how far along the blowfly is in its metamorphosis. This is an amazing use of technological advances today, and with new ideas being formed on how to effectively use our advances the future is looking brighter every day.

I wonder if an insects perception of reality is altered, it is a transformation.